Rush to Renewables Shows No Sign of Slowing Down

SUGAR LAND--January 10, 2022--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The turn of the calendar year has not slowed the rush to build new renewable electric-generation capacity in the U.S., according to multiple sources. Industrial Info is tracking 2,348 renewable-generation projects scheduled to be brought online between November 2021 and October 2024. The total investment value (TIV) of those projects is $275 billion, according to IIR's Global Marketing Intelligence (GMI) platform. These numbers refer to all types of proposed renewable generation, including solar, wind, hydro and others. Within this article: Where renewable generation is developing fastest in the U.S., and how the nation's shift to greener sources is influencing energy development.